Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Wild one, you're a rebel and they say you're just no good (just no good)
But they might change their minds if they only understood (only understood)
Wild one, I understand you've never had a chance
You're a victim of circumstance
Can't you see just where you stand with me?
I've given you my heart (wild one)
I've given you my heart (wild one)
Don't you know
Where you go I will follow you (follow you)
So ride if you wanna and go where you're gonna
You're wild as can be, I'm sayin' your love's for me
(Wild one, no matter what they say)
I'm sayin' your love's for me
Wild one, just let them talk, be what you wanna be (what you wanna be)
'Cause just your love for me is my security (my security)
Wild one, you know that in my heart you're the only one
No matter what you've done
Can't you see just where you stand with me?
I've given you my heart (wild one)
I've given you my heart (wild one)
Don't you know
Where you go I will follow you (follow you)
So ride if you wanna and go where you're gonna
You're wild as can be, I'm sayin' your love's for me
(Wild one, no matter what they say)
I'm sayin' your love's for me
Oh my little wild one
You're wild as can be, I'm sayin' your love's for me
Oh my wild one, I'm sayin' your love's for me
But they might change their minds if they only understood (only understood)
Wild one, I understand you've never had a chance
You're a victim of circumstance
Can't you see just where you stand with me?
I've given you my heart (wild one)
I've given you my heart (wild one)
Don't you know
Where you go I will follow you (follow you)
So ride if you wanna and go where you're gonna
You're wild as can be, I'm sayin' your love's for me
(Wild one, no matter what they say)
I'm sayin' your love's for me
Wild one, just let them talk, be what you wanna be (what you wanna be)
'Cause just your love for me is my security (my security)
Wild one, you know that in my heart you're the only one
No matter what you've done
Can't you see just where you stand with me?
I've given you my heart (wild one)
I've given you my heart (wild one)
Don't you know
Where you go I will follow you (follow you)
So ride if you wanna and go where you're gonna
You're wild as can be, I'm sayin' your love's for me
(Wild one, no matter what they say)
I'm sayin' your love's for me
Oh my little wild one
You're wild as can be, I'm sayin' your love's for me
Oh my wild one, I'm sayin' your love's for me
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Wild One Lyrics as written by Philip Parris Lynott
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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